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Performance management for staff

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Why Performance Management?

Through the Monash performance management process general and academic staff work in partnership with their supervisors to ensure that performance and development goals align with the strategic and operational objectives of the university and also address individual learning needs of every staff member.

Whilst Performance Management is an EBA requirement for all academic staff and general staff at HEW 5 and above, it is Faculty practice that everybody participates.

You are encouraged to use the Performance Management process in ways that may benefit their own professional development. It can be considered a forum to:

  • clarify role (expectations and responsibilities)
  • reduce work uncertainty, which helps improve job satisfaction
  • discuss work related problems and developing solutions
  • provide two-way face to face feedback
  • link individual performance to broader strategic plans and key objectives
  • discussing individual goals, objectives and career development
  • recognise good performance and achievements
  • identify training and development needs
  • focus on coaching and development of staff

Faculty guidelines

We aim to keep the performance management process as uncomplicated as possible for everyone.

The following guidelines have been created to assist you in completing the performance management documentation:

Faculty guidelines general staff (LM to source doc if existing – see Peter))
Faculty guidelines academic staff <insert SW 2003 PMS notes staff.doc> http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/sss/sdu/pms/acad/documentation/index.html

The Process

Academic staff

A brief overview of the process for academic staff is as follows:

  1. Make appointment with your supervisor, in June or July
  2. Prepare official documentation at least a week before the meeting. This includes information including:
    • your achievements
    • your engagement Profile
    • your outside work (where applicable)
    • your needs and career plan
      e.g. an opportunity to begin to plan for OSP and Promotion (academic staff); or training or staff exchange (general staff)
  3. Meet with your supervisor and review PM documentation together
  4. Two-way sign off; or agree to revise documentation before meeting again to sign off.

    For information on university Performance Management of academic staff, including information and documentation see the Staff Development Unit web site.

General staff

A brief overview of the process for academic staff is as follows:

  1. Make appointment with your supervisor, in June or July
  2. Prepare official documentation at least a week before the meeting. This includes information including:
    • cross check of outcomes with your position description
    • your needs and career plan
    • your individual training needs
  3. Meet with your supervisor and review PM documentation together

Two-way sign off; or agree to revise documentation before meeting again to sign off.

For information on university Performance Management of academic staff, including information and documentation see the Staff Development Unit web site.

Further information

For more detailed information on what's involved with PM, see the following pages on the SDU web site